Gonorrhea is a bigger problem than you think. For years, doctors treating it have watched their options narrow. The bacterium ...

The Sverris Saga, written in the 12th century, describes King Sverre’s rise to power and his conflict with the Baglers. The ...

Seven thousand years ago, people living on the Atlantic edge of Europe built a massive wall of stone where land met water.

Thirty years ago, astronomers weren’t sure planets beyond our solar system even existed. This year, NASA has confirmed its ...

Scientists are building experimental computers from living human brain cells and testing how they learn and adapt.

From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would ...

Lava is supposed to be red—that’s volcanoes 101. But at Indonesia’s Kawah Ijen, the Earth decides to break the rules. Instead ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

At first, the archaeologists assumed the images came from Homer’s Iliad, the best-known account of the war. The scenes seemed ...

In a new clinical trial, people with obesity and knee osteoarthritis who took an experimental drug from Eli Lilly lost large ...

Bolivian crocidolite was used in approximately 13 billion Kent Micronite cigarette filters, manufactured from March 1952 ...

This search has led a team of researchers to an unlikely candidate—the humble carob pulp, a neglected food by-product. Their ...